Lading strap anchors



Dec. 16, 1958 D. F. LEONHART LADING STRAP ANCHORS Filed Aug. 15, 1951 m/ VEN me flaxveza E A EONHQET 5)- W W United States Patent LADING STRAP ANCHORS Donald F. Leonhart, Youngstown, Ohio, assignor to The Youngstown Steel Door Company, Cleveland, Ohio, a corporation of Ohio Application August 1s,'19s1, Serial No. 241,909

'1 Claim. Cl. 105-369) This invention relates to lading strap anchors and more particularly to lading strap anchors for railway box and automobile cars.

It is an object of this invention to provide lading strap anchors for railway freight cars adapted to be incorporated with and become part of the intermediate and door posts of the cars.

A further object is to provide lading strap anchors for railway freight cars which shall embody bars secured to and associated with the posts of the cars as to reduce the projection of the bars into the cars.

A further object is to provide lading strap anchors for railway freight cars which shall embody straight uniform bars directly engaging and secured to the posts of the cars.

A further object is to provide lading strap anchors for railway freight cars which shall embody bars secured to the posts of the cars and wherein the posts shall be of such configuration as to guide lading straps into engagement with the bars for securement thereto.

A further object is to provide lading strap anchors for railway freight cars which shall be relatively inexpensive and embody bars and associated posts of the cars of such design that securement of the bars to the posts may be accomplished in 'a simple manner.

A further object is to provide posts for railway freight cars which shall carry bars associated with the posts in such a manner as to reinforce the posts and permit the securement of lading straps to the bars.

Other objects of the invention will become clear as the description thereof proceeds.

In the drawings forming part of this specification:

Fig. 1 is a fragmentary elevation of a side wall of a railway freight car adjacent to the door opening in the wall and looking from the inside of the car in which the instant invention is embodied.

Fig. 2 is a horizontal section taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2 showing a further embodiment of the invention.

In the drawings, and referring first to the construction illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 thereof, the numeral designates a side wall of a railway freight car, such as a box car or an automobile car. Only a portion of the side wall is illustrated. The portion shown embodies a door post 11 which defines one side of a door opening customarily provided in the side walls of these cars. The door post 11 is substantially channel-shaped in section and comprises a transversely extending web 12 and outer and inner spaced longitudinally extending flanges 13 and 14. The side wall 10 also embodies a plurality of spaced intermediate posts one of which is shown at 15. As illustrated the intermediate post 15 is substantially Z-shaped in horizontal section and comprises a transversely extending web 16 and oppositely extending outer and inner longitudinal flanges 17 and 18. Outer metallic sheathing 19 is secured to the door post and the intermediate posts as by means of rivets. A nailing ing thereof to the flange.

Patented Dec. 16, 1958 strip 20 is secured to the door post 11 by means of bolts. 21 which pass through the web 12 of the door post. Nailing strips 22 and 23 are secured to the opposite sides of the web 16 of the intermediate posts 15 as by means of bolts 24. An inner wooden lining 25 is secured to the nailing strips 20, '22and23 in the suual manner.

The door posts and the intermediate posts, as is well known in the construction of railway box and automobile cars, extend between andfare secured to the side plate (not shown) and the side sill (not shown) of ,these cars. The door posts and the intermediat'eposts thus constitute framing members of the car side and serve to carry stresses imposed upon thecarside. i

In accordance with the instant invention posts and the intermediate posts are so constructed as to incorporate anchors for lading straps which are used to prevent the shifting of lading in the cars while the latter are in transit. To this end the inner longitudinally extending flange 14 of the door post is formed with a plurality of vertically spaced indentures 26. A bar 27 which is preferably circular in section is secured to and along the inner face of the flange 14 as by means of welding 28 so astospan the indentures 26. Because of the instant invention the bar 27 can be disposed in direct contact with the flange 14 as shown at 29 which serves as a firm base for the bar and which simplifies the weld- The invention permits also of the use of a straight bar of uniform cross section throughout and obtains a decrease in the amount of the projection of the bar inwardly of the post.

As Will be clear fro-m the drawings the bar 27 is spaced from the indentures formed in the flange 14 of the door post so as to provide space for the insertion of lading straps which are to be secured to the bar. In this insertion the indentures serve as guides for the lading straps.

The intermediate posts 15 also embody the instant invention. Accordingly the inner longitudinally extending flange 18 is provided with a plurality of vertically spaced indentures 30. A bar 31 is secured to and along the inner-face of the flange 18 as by means of welding 32. Between the indentures which the bar 31 spans it is in direct contact with the flange 18 as indicated at 33 so that welding of the bar 31 to the flange 18 is simplified and the projection of the bar inwardly of the post is reduced. The spaces between the bar 31 and the indentures 30 permit the insertion of lading straps for securement to the bar which as in the case of the bar 27 can therefore be straight and uniform in section.

It will be understood that each of the door posts and each of the intermediate posts in both side walls of the car can be equipped with the lading strap anchors hereinabove described if desired.

Fig. 3 of the drawings shows the instant invention embodied in a door post of different form. The door post of this embodiment is designated by the reference numeral 34 and comprises a longitudinally extending web 35 to which the sheathing 19 is riveted, an outwardly extending flange 36 and an inwardly extending flange 37. A bent plate 38 extends between and is welded to the web 35 and the inwardly extending flange 37 as indicated at 39 and 40 and cooperates with said web and said flange to provide a tubular section. The plate 38 has an intermediate portion 41, an end portion 42 which lies at a right angle to the web 35 and end portion 43 which lies at a right angle to the inwardly extending flange 37. As in the previously considered embodiment of the invention, the intermediate portion 41 of the plate member 38 is provided with a plurality of vertically spaced indentures 44 which are spanned by means of a bar 45 similar to the bars 27 and 31. The bar 45 is in direct contact with the intermediate portion 41 as indicated at 46 between the indentures 44 and is welded to the the" 'door' intermediate portion 41 between the indentures as indicated at 47. The bar 45 can therefore be straight and of uniform cross section throughout. The bar 45 as well as the bars 27 and 31 serves to reinforce the memherto which his welded. Lading, strapsmay be secured tothe bar' 45 after-they are passed under the'bar. thismovement the lading' straps are guided by the indentures 44.

' Itwill be apparent that numerous changes and modifications in the details of the invention will be clear to those *skilled in the' art. It isintended, therefore, that all such modifications and changes he comprehended within this invention which is to be limited only by the scope of the claim appended hereto.

' A metallic door post for the side walls of railway freight cars, said post comprising a web'and flanges extending in opposite directions from said web, a' metallic member having a straight portion welded to one of said flanges and to said Web and cooperating with said one flange and said web to form a tubular section, a plurality of vertically spaced depressions pressed into said portion between the edges thereof, said depressions being continuous with said portion,ya straight bar of uniform cross section extending along and in contact with said portion between said depressions, said bar spanning said depressions, and weld material securing said. bar' to said portion between said depressions.

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